I am sending these photos on because they provide some interesting comparisons
and information on how/where parts are supposed to be and the owners interpretation
that. I note that Mark Singleton (Mark I Mark) commented on the muffler
for the intake on the 3.4L Saloon. There are 2 sets of engine bay photos
(straight on and from the right) showing various arrangements. Thad (59
white MK I) choose not to install the muffler and also moved the makers
plate. His wire wheels are original to the car. My MK I is more or less
as original having been reworked in the mid-80's. It's the dirty BRG car
with a driven dirty engine bay. Doug's (59 Black) is RHD and you will note
slight changes in the engine bay to account for this. For smoother lines,
Doug choose not to install mirrors on the front wings.

When this car was purchased three years ago, it came with a metallic gold
paint job. That paint job appeared to have been applied by the PO from
a case of aerosol cans purchased at an after-Christmas sale. Happily, whilst
Doug was in transit to his office one day, an elderly gent, late for his
golf date, passed through the stop sign, abruptly removing Doug's rear
bumper and rearranging the rear of the body.

A simple repair job then turned into a two-year ordeal as more items were
found in need of attention. In the end, the interior and exterior were
stripped to bare metal. New floor pans were fabricated, a new floor for
the boot, new sills, new door bottoms. The front was measured for square
and it was found that the right side was 4" shorter than the left
side (front to back). Whilst stripping the interior, the headliner was
found to contain about 5 pounds of dog food, deposited by a pack rat. The
rework of the car became a main source of steady income for the body man,
eventually it became necessary to repossess the car. After three months
in the paint shop the car was returned home and serious reassembly commenced.
These photos, taken late in June, show the results of another three months
work. For those interested in this model car they will find various subtle
differences between each of them.

First off, the interior of Doug's car has not been installed and there
are no front or rear glass. Thad's white car was originally ordered with
the wire wheels shown. George's BGR car was redone in the mid 80's and
is a driven car and does need a new paint job. Doug's is RHD, the others
LHD. Note that the number plate on Thad's car is on the opposite side of
where its normally found. All three cars have differently positioned exhaust
systems. George's is NOS, Thad and Doug both have S/S systems from different
suppliers.

On August the 17th, Doug's car came out of the interior shop and head for the paint shop for a final touch up.

The JPG pictures have been reduced in size and quality to speed up downloading, if anyone should like higher quality JPG of any of these, please mail Alastair
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